Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.
New American Standard Bible
They ambush their own lives.
King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Holman Bible
they attack their own lives.
International Standard Version
but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.
A Conservative Version
and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
American Standard Version
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
Amplified
But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].
Bible in Basic English
And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Darby Translation
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls.
King James 2000
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They lie in wait for their [own] blood. They ambush their [own] lives.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.
NET Bible
but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
New Heart English Bible
but these lie in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
Webster
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
World English Bible
but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Themes
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Rejection by God
Covetousness » Leads to » Murder
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird, 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.
Cross References
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath lay down.
Psalm 7:14-16
Behold, he labors in pain with iniquity, and he has conceived mischief, and has brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 9:16
Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. A meditation. Selah.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.
Proverbs 5:22-23
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 9:17-18
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is pressed down with the blood of a soul shall flee to the pit; do not let them uphold him.
Matthew 27:4-5
saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? You see to that.